We blogged about this a while back ago, but Great Britain is going through with it, requiring internet providers to block pornography on the internet unless adults specifically ask for it. Our discussion, though, missed the point, focusing on whether or not this was technologically
Anthony Sacramone discusses the movie Black Swan, which is about a ballerina’s tormented pursuit of perfection. He then draws out the Law/Gospel connections: The film is not subtle and Nina’s inner life, her delusions and paranoid fantasies, trace the borderline of camp. But what is
A British journalist asks why many of her countrymen are overlooking Christianity and converting to Islam instead: So why is it that the young folk revolted by contemporary excess don’t simply make for the local CofE, or Catholic church, and rediscover the religion of their
The House of Representatives has repealed Obamacare. But don’t get too excited either way. The bill will have to be also passed by the Democratic-held Senate and survive a veto by the President. But still. . . Swiftly honoring a campaign pledge, newly empowered Republicans
The Lutheran Witness, under the new editorship of my former student Adriane Dorr, has gotten to be a really good magazine. If you are one of the many former subscribers who stopped taking it, renew your subscription. Anyway, a recent issue has an article on
Movie star Nicole Kidman and her husband, country singer Keith Urban, both of whom hail from Australia, had a baby. They are the child’s biological parents, but their fertilized egg was implanted into another woman, thus farming out the task of bearing the baby and
From a news story on American frustration with the drug war in Afghanistan: KABUL – After several years of steady progress in curbing opium poppy cultivation and cracking down on drug smugglers, Afghan officials say the anti-drug campaign is flagging as opium prices soar, farmers
Forget what’s in your wallet — beware your smartphone. It’s becoming one of your most dangerous possessions. CNN business reporter Blake Ellis warns us about how our do-everything smart phones might get us into trouble, especially if they are stolen: If your phone was stolen
I work at Patrick Henry College, where I am a literature professor and the provost, in charge of both the academic program and student life. Once again, we won the national moot court championship (in which teams of two argue a case against another team
The New York Times reports on an Israeli-American collaboration that apparently created a computer worm that may have set back Iran’s attempts to build a nuclear weapon for years. You’ve got to read this story. A sample: Behind Dimona’s barbed wire, the experts say, Israel
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